In the ninth decade of his life, Henry Kissinger observed that any society was perpetually “in transit between a past that forms its memory and a vision of the future that inspires its evolution.” Without leadership, he wrote, “institutions drift, and nations court growing irrelevance and ultimately, disaster.” President-elect Donald Trump, in his second term, has the opportunity to shape current dislocations in the world in ways that favor American interests and drive toward greater stability.
Trump, in his first term and throughout his most recent campaign, made it clear that his vision for America is attaining peace through strength, ensuring that America’s economy is able to flourish and grow, and securing, as the Constitution says, the “blessings of liberty” for Americans today and for posterity.
